SC bench to hold an in-chamber hearing pertaining to Ayodhya review pleas on Dec 12

As per a lawyer connected with  Ayodhya land dispute case, Supreme Court 5-judge bench will hold an in-chamber hearing on December 12 to decide wher to hear Ayodhya review petitions in open court or t. Already, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has filed a review petition in SC. Moreover, 40 academics and activists including Irfan Habib, Harsh Mander, Farah Naqvi, Nandini Sundar, Shabnam Hashmi, John Dayal, and Jayati Ghosh have also filed a review plea through senior advocate Prashant Bhushan. According to an All India Muslim Personal Board office-bearer, six more litigants are likely to follow suit. 

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Ayodhya land dispute case

re has been a longstanding legal dispute about ownership of land in Ayodhya, which is considered as birthplace of Lord Ram.  Allahabad High Court gave its judgment on this disputed land in 2010, partitioning it among Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. reafter, 14 appeals were filed in SC against this judgment of Allahabad High Court. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was part of  Ayodhya mediation panel headed by former SC Justice Kalifulla. panel submitted a report to SC outlining its proposals to solve dispute. Finally, Constitution bench of SC, comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer prounced a unanimous verdict on vember 9, awarding entire disputed area to Hindu parties. It directed Centre to formulate a scheme within three months which will be responsible for building a temple. On or hand, SC ordered that an alternative land of 5 acres in Ayodhya would be given to Sunni Central Waqf Board for construction of a mosque. 

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PM Modi talks about verdict

Addressing nation after Ayodhya judgment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about verdict delivered by Supreme Court in Ayodhya land dispute case. He highlighted India's democratic tradition. Moreover, he added that crores of Indians had created a new history on vember 9.

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He had remarked, " Supreme Court has prounced its verdict on a very important matter, which has a centuries-long history. entire country desired that this matter should be heard in court every day, which happened. Today, verdict has come out. judicial proceedings which continued till decades have come to an end w. Friends, entire world believes that India is world’s largest democracy. Today, world has also come to kw that India’s democracy is so alive and strong."

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